Window-sash.



No. 756,552. PATENTED APR. 5, 1904. R. ADAMS.

WINDOW SASH.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1899.

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No. 756,552. PATENTED APR. 5, 1904.

I R. ADAMS.

WINDOW SASH.

I APPLICATION FILED JAN.16, 1699.

N0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WINDOW-SASH- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,552, dated April 5, 1904.

Original application filed April 14:, 1898, Serial No. 677,612. No. 702,285.

T0 at whom it nut/y concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT ADAMS, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in WVindow-Sashes, (division of application filed April 14:, 1898, Serial N 0. 677,612,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide new and improved means whereby an upper window-sash may be made to slide vertically and also be swung horizontally with a lower sash mounted upon vertical pintles or pivots to facilitate cleaning the window-panes or for any other purpose. This object is accomplished in the manner and by the means hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a window-frame and two sashes hung according to myinvention, the upper sash being lowered to a level with the lower sash and both swung horizontally into the apartment or room. Fig. 2 is a broken elevation showing portions of the two sashes, a part of the window frame, and the pintles, pivots, or hinges by which the lower sash is supported. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical sectional view of the lower sash and bead. Fig. l is a detail horizontal sectional view showing the preferred devices for temporarily connecting the upper sliding sash to the lower swinging sash for swinging both sashes horizontally into the apartment or room. Fig. 5 is a detail top plan view showing portions of the parts illustrated in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail vertical sectional view showing the manner of fitting the hinged socket-pieces to the lower sash for receiving the pintles or pivots which are attached to the window-frame or pulley-stile. Fig. 7 is a broken inside view of the parts shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a detail vertical sectional view showing a modified constructhe upper and lower sashes. Fig. 9 is a plan view, partly in section, and Fig. 10 is a de- Divided and this application filed January 16, 1899. Serial (No model.)

tail sectional view showing another modified form of a device for temporarily connecting the upper and lower sashes.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, 1 will now describe the same in detail, referring to the ac companying drawings, wherein the numerals 1 and 2 indicate, respectively, the lower swinging window-sash and the upper sliding sash, which, as shown in Fig. 1, may be drawn down to the level of the lower sash and temporarily connected therewith, as hereinafter explained, so that both sashes may be swung horizontally into the apartment or room to facilitate cleaning the window-panes or for other purposes. The side of the lower sash-frameis provided with pivoted swinging socket-pieces, as at 4:, mounted on pivot-pins, as at 5, Fig. 6, each of the pivot-pins forming part of a chambered or recessed metal case 6 set into a recess in the stile and secured by screws, as at 7, each swinging socket-piece being pivoted near its inner end, while the socket proper, as at 8, is in the opposite end portion. These socket-pieces can be folded or swung down into the chambered or recessed metal cases, as indicated by dotted lines, Fig. 6, and when swung up to a horizontal position, as in full lines, the tailpieces, as at 9, bear against shoulders, as at 10, on the metal cases 6. The vertical pintles or pivotpins 12 are attached to the window-frame or pulley-stile 3, and the sockets in the socketpieces receive the pintles or pivot-pins when the socket-pieces are in the horizontal position represented in Fig. 6, whereby the lower sash may be swung horizontally into the apartment or room. I utilize the pintles 12 to secure the beads 12 in position, a spring 40 being employed in the recess to engage said pintles, as shown in Fig. 3. When the upper sash is lowered to the level of the lower sash, the upper sash may be temporarily connected with and sustained by the lower sash through the medium of links, Figs. 4 and 5, as at 14, detachably pivoted at one end to the top rail of the upper sash by an elliptical headed pin 60, working inv a slotted plate 61, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5, and provided at the opposite end with thumb-screws, as at 15, designed to screw into metallic screw-sockets, as at 16, set into the top or meeting rail of the 5 lower sash, whereby both sashes can be swung together into the apartment or room, the lower sash turning on the pintles or pivots. The necessary beads should of course be first removed from the sides of the window-frame.

In Figs. 8 and 9 the top rail of the lower sashl is provided with recesses, as at 20, in each of which is pivoted, as at 21, a swinging arm 22, provided at the end opposite the pivotal point with a vertical pivot or pintle 23, designed to enter a socket, as at 24:, Fig. 8, in the lower edge of the top rail of the upper sash when the latter is lowered to a position at one side of the lower sash. The arms 22 are pivoted so that they can be folded or swung into the recesses 20, as indicated by dotted lines, Fig. 9, to place the arms out of the way when not inuse for temporarily connecting the two sashes.

In Fig. the upper sash is provided with hinges, each composed of two arms or leaves 25 and 26, the armor leaf 25 being secured to the inner side of the top rail of the upper sash by screws 27, while the arm or leaf 26 is provided at its extremity with a finger or stud 28, designed to enter a socket 29 in the top rail of the lower sash, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 10. The hinge arm or leaf 26 is designed to fold down flat against the hinge arm or leaf 25, as shown by full lines in Fig. 10; but when the two sashes are to be temporarily connected, so that the lower sash sustains the upper sash, as hereinbefore described, the arm or leaf 26 is turned up into an approximately horizontal position, so that when the 4 upper sash is lowered the finger or stud 28 i will enter the socket 29 and both sashes may be swung on the pintles or pivots of the lower sash into the apartment or room. 4

As regards the devices or means for temporarily connecting the two sashes when one is moved into a position beside the other it will be seen that, as shown in the drawings, an arm or. link is pivoted to the top rail of one sash and is constructed to detachably engage a part of the top rail ofthe other sash in such manner that the arm or link when not in use to connect the two sashes may be swung or turned out of the way to permit the upper sash to be slid vertically and the lower sash to be swung or turned on its hinges or pivots.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination with a horizontallyswinging pivoted sash, and avertically-sliding sash arranged to be moved into a. position beside the pivoted sash, of a link detachably pivoted at one end to the top rail of one of the sashes, and a thumb-screw connected to the other end of said link for engaging a part of the top rail of the other sash, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a horizontallyswinging pivoted sash, and a vertically-sliding sash arranged to be moved into a position beside the pivoted sash, of a rigid arm pivoted at one end to the top rail of one of the sashes and a pin or stud carried by the other end of said arm for engaging a hole or recess in the top rail of the other sash, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 

